Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.misc:6493 comp.text.tex:4242 comp.sys.mac.apps:2869 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!rex!ames!uhccux!munnari.oz.au!csc.anu.oz.au!csis!ken From: ken@csis.dit.csiro.au (Ken Yap) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.text.tex,comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: "MacTex" or "Textures" anyone? Was: Looking for Mac version of TeX Message-ID: <1990Dec7.025043.13659@csis.dit.csiro.au> Date: 7 Dec 90 02:50:43 GMT References: <1990Dec4.204921.352@bernina.ethz.ch> <7649@hub.ucsb.edu> Organization: CSIRO Division of Information Technology Lines: 12 >As Bobby Bodenheimer's recent article (of 2 Dec.) on Frequently Asked >Questions about TeX also points out, "OzTeX" (now version 1.3) is an >excellent, free implementation of TeX 3.0 for the Macintosh. >... >It works very much like a real tex, producing the familiar .dvi and .ps >files. :-) No surprise. Because it IS a real TeX. It passes the trip tests. And you can preview DVI files from elsewhere. By the way, making a PS file is not a requirement of being TeX. I too, recommend it. For free, it's hard to beat.